| Marie-Therese Bardet | |
 Bardet at the age of 112 | |
| Birth: | 2 June 1898 Lorient, Bretagne, Brittany, France |
| Death: | 8 June 2012 Pontchateau, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France |
| Age: | 114 years, 6 days |
| Country: |  FRA
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| Validated | |
Marie-Therese Louise Bardet (née Jegat; 2 June 1898 – 8 June 2012) was a supercentenarian from France. She was the oldest known living person in France and Europe from the death of Marcelle Narbonne on 1 January 2012 until her own death. Her age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).[1] She was also the last known surviving French person to have been born before 1900.
Biography
Marie-Therese Bardet was born on 2 June 1898 to an unmarried mother (named Marie-Louise Jegat).[2] She married a man with the last name Bardet and had two children: Leon and Jeanne. Both were still alive at the time of their mother's 114th birthday; they were 90 and 88 respectively.
On her 114th birthday in 2012, her hearing and speech were both poor, but she ate with the other residents in her retirement home in Pontchateau, Loire-Atlantique.[3]
Marie-Therese Bardet died on 8 June 2012 at the age of 114 years, 6 days. She was the seventh-oldest validated living person in the world when she died. After her death, Paule Bronzini, then aged 111, became the oldest known living person in France, and Maria Redaelli, then aged 113, became the oldest known living person in Europe.
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References
- ↑ GRG Table A - Verified Supercentenarians (Listed Chronologically By Birth Date)
- ↑ La doyenne des Francais, Marie-Therese Bardet, est morte a 114 ans Le Monde
- ↑ Europe's oldest woman dies in France aged 114 RFI
| France's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
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Marie Langlois • Rose Sarda • Calixte Razimbaud • Catherine Mouche • Auguste Decate • Desiree Delory • Ferdinise Nebolle • Georgette Jeanmaire • Eugenie Marchand • Eugenie Proux • Emilie Coqueran • Laurence Entiope • Marie-Ernestine Compain • Marie-Virginie Duhem • Frederique Noel • Augustine Tessier • Elisa Esnault • Elvire Mendiboure • Eugenie Roux • Jeanne Calment • Marie-Helene Chanteperdrix • Jeanne Dumaine • Marie Bremont • Germaine Haye • Anne Primout • Camille Loiseau • Marie-Simone Capony • Clementine Solignac • Eugenie Blanchard • Maria Diaz • Marcelle Narbonne • Marie-Therese Bardet • Paule Bronzini • Irenise Moulonguet • Suzanne Burrier • Marie Liguinen • Olympe Amaury • Eudoxie Baboul • Elisabeth Collot • Honorine Rondello • Lucile Randon • Marie-Rose Tessier |